Six months after live television caught a police officer beating a car thief with a heavy metal flashlight, the Los Angeles Police Commission has proposed a policy that discourages their use as a ...

For more than two hours, Chicago police officers paced around the two-story home with stone detailing and two blue holiday stars on the windows. The automatic porch light switched on and off as they ...

Pelican Products' CEO Lyndon Faulkner joined LAPD Police Chief William Bratton and uniformed officers at the Department's Parker Center headquarters today to announce the delivery of 10,000 new ...

Almost every major police flashlight or weapons light manufacturer is now offering lights that feature strobing. Here’s a quick look at some of the more popular makes and models and how the strobe is ...

New to Streicher's this year is NightStick's line of flashlights, safety lights, and area lights. Made from the highest quality materials and featuring CREE LEDs, these light are guarantee to output ...

A former Paterson police officer testified Monday that he beat a man with his flashlight while trying to arrest him, but claimed his use of force was justified because it was the only way to subdue ...

Prosecutors say the snatching of a police officer’s flashlight during a melee at a protest against Minuteman Project founder and congressional candidate Jim Gilchrist constitutes petty theft. But to ...

Imagine being on graves and arriving to a scene that is unlit by streetlamps or the moon. You are a chasing a suspect, need light, but do not want to alert them that ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles police on Friday unveiled their latest tool in the fight against crime -- a flashlight powerful enough to stun suspects but too lightweight to beat them with. The ...

A Denver police officer accidentally fired his gun while trying to turn on a flashlight mounted on his weapon in March, the department’s third flashlight-related discharge in two years, records show.

PROVIDENCE, R.. (WPRI) – A former detective for the Providence Police Department – seen on video surveillance striking a handcuffed suspect with a flashlight – had a dismissed felony charge expunged ...

Vallejo police have issued a response after video footage captured an officer striking a suspect with a flashlight multiple times during an arrest attempt. While the investigation remains ongoing, ...